Google for Randy Weaver and Ruby Ridge.It would not be fun to shoot any way.

Ed

No. Randy Weaver only took a couple inches off of the butt. It was only the OAL that they tried to get him on. Not the barrel length. And it wasn't done through legal channels not that the government had any business slaughtering his family anyway.

I believe reconNinja is correct. What he means is if you cut the barrel first, to make a short-barreled shotgun (SBS), then you would have to register it a second time to "make" an any other weapon (AOW). The tax stamp for an SBS is $200; $5 for an AOW.

Whichever you choose, make sure you have the ATF-approved form in-hand BEFORE you do any alteration. You can download your Form 1 for free from here http://www.titleii.com/ . Do double-sided printing to have the Form 1 printed on one page vice two, or the ATF will reject it and you'll have to start over.

If I wanted to do this I don't think I would be able to do it my self. I would have to wait for the stamp and take that and the gun to a gunsmith.

Whups...don't get too excited. I made a mistake (it WAS pretty early in the morning). It's a $5 transfer fee if you buy one already registered, like from a dealer; it's $200 if you start from scratch, because -you- are the manufacturer or "maker".

You CAN do it yourself. Fill out the Form 1, get fingerprinted, get a passport size photo, put it through whatever process your state requires. After you get done with the state, ship everything off to the ATF with a money order for $200. It's really pretty easy.

This link http://www.atf.treas.gov/pub/nfab/index.htm will take you to an information list of NFA items on the ATF web site. One is like an FAQ, with the phone number of the NFA processing facility in West VA at the bottom.

Whups...don't get too excited. I made a mistake (it WAS pretty early in the morning). It's a $5 transfer fee if you buy one already registered, like from a dealer; it's $200 if you start from scratch, because -you- are the manufacturer or "maker".

You CAN do it yourself. Fill out the Form 1, get fingerprinted, get a passport size photo, put it through whatever process your state requires. After you get done with the state, ship everything off to the ATF with a money order for $200. It's really pretty easy.

This link http://www.atf.treas.gov/pub/nfab/index.htm will take you to an information list of NFA items on the ATF web site. One is like an FAQ, with the phone number of the NFA processing facility in West VA at the bottom.